ALTERNATIVES TO PROSECUTION - THE PUBLIC-INTEREST REDEFINED

Authors
TOMBS J MOODY S
Citation
J. Tombs et S. Moody, ALTERNATIVES TO PROSECUTION - THE PUBLIC-INTEREST REDEFINED, Criminal law review, 1993, pp. 357-367
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Criminology & Penology",Law
Journal title
Criminal law review → ACNP
ISSN journal
0011135X
Year of publication
1993
Pages
357 - 367
Database
ISI
SICI code
0011-135X(1993):<357:ATP-TP>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
This article discusses the remarkable changes in prosecution practice in Scotland over the last decade. In particular the article notes the shift away from decisions in favour of prosecution as the norm to the use of alternatives to prosecution and comments on the wider implicati ons of this change for the administration of justice.